What are compliments - beautiful words based on sincerity and genuine attitude to people who are awarded with these fine means of paying special attention at someone special, or are compliments nothing but a way to reach one's pragmatic goal? The asnwer is dubiously controversial - depends on the situation... There are numerous types of compliments: trivial, silly, impressive, humorous, original... Reactions to them are various as well which sometimes suggests originality too. How to pay quality compliments at the right time in the right place or how to take compliments with dignity... Intrigued? Don't hesitate to find the answers to these questions in the section of our website!

Compliments in Songs

Songs are in most cases lyrics (don't take it too literally ;), lyrics are in most cases poetry (same attitude required). Compliments sound especially delicious and charming when poetized, that's why we decided to pay attention to famous good lyrics sugared with beautiful compliments.

First and foremost we'll mention 'You're Beautiful'. The only obvious clear compliment here is represented by the title. The rest are somewhat situational and suggest more than just two words: 'I saw an angel, of that I'm sure', 'You could see from our face that I was fucking high (flying high ARGH! These clean versions spoil everything!).

The second example represents poetic compliments to a man; it's Madonna's song 'Beautiful Stranger'. Again, the name says it all, the stranger is already complimented in the title of the song. The rest compliments are slightly indirect and also situational: 'I looked into your eyes and my world came tumbling down' (very flattering phrase for any stranger who is more or less confident in his seductiveness), 'to know you is to love you', 'I paid for you with tears and swallowed all my pride...' Needless to say that within the boundaries of this song 'You're a devil in disguise' is a compliment as well.

Certainly, exquisitely poetically perfect lyrics suggest more sophisticated compliments such as: 'Scorpio sphinx in a calico dress', 'glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow'; or such compliments to men as 'a legend', 'original vagabond' etc.